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In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
People fall in
love with all kinds of things. But the one love they miss out on is the love of
Allah.
How many people realize that the
best one to fall in love with is Allah himself, and not that or this part or aspect of his creation?
But when you fall in love with Allah, you also fall in love with
everything and everyone associated with him, including all of Allah’s kingdom
and creation.
When you fall in love with Allah, then all you see is Allah. And all you
hear is Allah calling you.
A scholar was asked about the one who loves Allah. He said, “It is one who
spends little time with people and much time alone; who is always in thought
and outwardly silent; who is in a spiritual state that overtakes his sight,
hearing and speech…who does not become sad if inflicted with a calamity, and if
inflicted with hunger he is not aware…who looks to Allah in times of solace,
who is happy with His company and speaks to Him intimately, and does not contend
with the people of this world over their world.
Thereafter,
every temptation becomes a triviality and every adversity fades to
insignificance.
You then live in a world in which the only actor is Allah and in which you
can readily and clearly see Allah’s hand behind everything that happens – to
you as well as to everything around you.
And, if fact, you see nothing but Allah.
What a wonderful world such a world is!
And what a new life and what a
glorious new meaning in such a world the following words assume: Fa’alam Annahu Laa Ilaaha Illallah!
The love of the believers for Allah is reflected in following His
commands, favoring His obedience and seeking His pleasure. The love of Allah
for the believers is in His praise of them, His reward, His forgiveness, and
His mercy upon them. It is also in His granting `ismah (protection
from committing sins), and tawfīq (success) to them.
If the servant knows that true perfection belongs to none other than
Allah, that any good he sees in himself is from Allah, and that his love is
only for Allah’s sake, he becomes motivated to obey Him and begins to love
whatever brings him closer to Allah. Therefore, love is explained as the desire
to obey, and is reflected in following the Messenger ﷺ and in persistently
encouraging others to obey him.
Sahl ibn Sa`d (may the mercy of Allah be upon him) said: the sign of the
love of Allah is the love of the Qur’an, and the sign of the love of Allah and
the Qur’an is the love of the Prophet ﷺ; and the sign of the Prophet’s love is the love of hissunnah, and the sign of the sunnah’s love
is the love of the Hereafter; the sign of the Hereafter’s love is detachment
from the worldly life, and the sign of detachment from the worldly life is
taking only sustenance needed to attain Paradise in the Hereafter.
Whoever claims four things without accompanying them with four actions is
a liar: claiming to love Paradise without being obedient; claiming to love the
Prophet ﷺ without loving
scholars and the poor; claiming to fear Hellfire without avoiding acts of
disobedience; and claiming to love Allah but
complaining in times of adversity.
Whoever claims three, but does not purify himself of three is arrogant:
claiming to seek the sweetness of remembrance of Allah but loving this world;
claiming to love sincerity in one’s actions yet reveling in people’s
adorations; and claiming to love one’s Creator without purifying one’s nafs (self).
The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said:
سيأتي زمان على أمتي يحبون خمسا وينسون خمسا، و يحبون الدنيا و ينسون الآخرة، ويحبون المال وينسون الحساب، ويحبون الخلق وينسون الخالق، ويحبون الذنوب وينسون التوبة، ويحبون القصور وينسون المقبرة
“A time will come when my Ummah will love five (things)
and forget five others: they will love this world and forget the Hereafter;
they will love money and forget the Reckoning; they will love creation and
forget the Creator; they will love sins and forget repentance; they will love
palaces and forget the grave.”
Source: Islamicssolutions.com, suhaibwebb.com figure: love.jpg
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